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BBC OVERSEAS JOB SWOP
BBC news has appointed Ireland correspondent Mark Devenport as United Nations correspondent, while Nigeria correspondent Hilary Andersson has been made Jerusalem reporter.
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BBC under fire over 'black ghetto'
A group of black media professionals has written to BBC director general Sir John Birt calling on the corporation to rethink its policies on black programming, writes Tim Dams.The group, The
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Booth-Clibborn departs Bazal
The founding producer of Changing Rooms, Ann Booth-Clibborn, has left to join Flashback Television, writes Claire Handley.At Flashback Booth-Clibborn becomes the new series producer on 3 x 60-minute show Lost Gardens
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Geraint bangs the drum for BBC Wales
BBC Wales head of production John Geraint issued a rallying cry to the nations on Wednesday (13 January) when he addressed newly appointed director of BBC national and regional broadcasting Mark
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ASIA WAKES UP TO BBC WORLD SERVICE'S THE WORLD TODAY
The BBC World Service launched The World Today, a new daily English-language breakfast programme for Asia, on Monday (11 January).The World Service is producing a 170-minute edition of the show for
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GEARHOUSE PICKS TOMLIN AS CHIEF ENGINEER FOR UK ARM
Gearhouse Broadcast has appointed former Cinevideo senior engineer Colin Tomlin as the new chief engineer of its UK division. The move coincides with a period of international expansion at the UK
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BBC FILMS APPOINTS MACTAGGART TO DEVELOPMENT ROLE
Ivan Mactaggart has been appointed to the new post of business development manager for BBC Films within the corporation's Rights Agency. Mactaggart, who was previously director of the First Film Foundation
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UK distributors go it alone at Natpe
Leading UK distributors Carlton International, Granada Media and Itel will have their own stands for the first time at this month's Natpe programming market.The three companies have in previous years shared
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CORRIE SETS UP LIGHT AGE
Mersey Television editorial and business development manager Andrew Corrie is leaving to set up an independent and facilities company in Manchester.Corrie, a former personal assistant to Phil Redmond, returned to Mersey
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Veteran producer King dies after long illness
Veteran programme-maker John King, creator of Going For A Song and Telly Addicts, has died aged 62 following a long illness.King, who spent the last 11 years of his career as
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PRODUCER KILLED IN AFRICA
A video journalist working for television news agency Associated Press Television News (APTN) has been shot dead covering the civil war in Sierra Leone. Myles Tierney, a Kenya-based producer who joined
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Chrysalis sells Bentley drama to US A&E network
Chrysalis Distribution has sold the second series of Bentley Productions' ITV drama, Midsomer Murders, to US cable network A&E, writes Jason Deans.Chrysalis Television International managing director Nick Witkowski said Chrysalis will
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CHHANEL X MOVES INTO ADS
Independent TV company Channel X is branching out into TV and cinema advertising. The company has already produced a series of commercials for Thomson Holidays and First Direct. Both are directed
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MOLINARE ADDS JONES TO VIRTUAL STUDIO DEPARTMENT
Molinare has appointed Mark Jones to its virtual studio design department.Jones will work under virtual studio head Chris Normile on a range of projects including Sportsweek for Channel 5 and The
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PUSCHNIG QUITS ACQUISITIONS POST AT RTL
RTL Television director of acquisitions and sales Erhart Puschnig is to leave the German commercial broadcaster after 15 years for personal reasons. RTL's new secretary general, Dr Thomas Hesse, will take
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Metro acquires indie Tyrell
WPP subsidiary Metro Group has acquired independent reseller Tyrell for an undisclosed sum, as predicted in Broadcast in December (18.12.98).Details of the deal were being kept under wraps by both parties,
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E.TV ACCUSED OF EIGHT LICENCE VIOLATIONS
South Africa's Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) has accused the country's first commercial free-to-air broadcaster, e.tv, of violating eight licensing conditions. If found guilty by the Broadcasting Monitoring & Complaints Commission (BMCC),
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TTTV UNVEILS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
Tyne Tees Television, which celebrates its 40th anniversary on Friday (15 January), will air a schedule of commemorative programming this week.The broadcaster, which launched in the north-east on 15 January 1959,
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C4 News and Newsnight revamps pull in viewers
Last week's revamps for Channel 4 News and Newsnight appear to have paid off, according to the unofficial overnight ratings, writes Alice Macandrew.Both programmes notched up an average increase in viewers
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Channel 4 offers an online chat for indies
Independent production companies will be able to chat online to commissioning editors at Channel 4 as part of a new internet access scheme being rolled out from Horseferry Road, writes Tim